Improvement in buckles



A@nitro tetro y HENRY CLGRIGGS, Cr WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, iissieNou TC nom-ius,

' C .nIGes e SMITH, or THE SAME.' PLACE.

,Leim Param No. 66,324., and .nog e, 18er.

IMPROVEMENT-IN BUCKLES.

'Be it known that I, HENRY C.v Guides, of Waterbury, in the eountyfol' New Haven, ands/cete of Conneeticut, hnveinvented a. new Improvement in Buckles; and I do hereby dec-lore the following, .when token in connection withthe accompanying drawings, andthe letters of reference marked thereon, to be n full, clear, und exuet description of the san1e,end which said drawings constitute part of' this 'specification,undreplresent, in-

v Figure 1,11 fece or outside view of the buckle complete. Figure 2, a ieee view of the plate or frame. Figure 3, o face view of the tongue. Figure 4, u. transverse section of the plate. Figure 5, a. transverse section of the tongue. I Figure 6, n. transverse view of =the buckle complete und in Figures 7, 8, and 9, its operation. .l l This invention relates to mi improvement in that class of buckles used in wearingoppnrel, :mtl designed with more especial reference to hoop-skirt bands, and consists in the peculiar censtruotion4 of" theA Fr'nme'rnnd .l tongue, whereby the loop formed upon the tongue drops through the. plate, so thzit the tongue bea-rsupon -the upper surface of the plete, und the strain upon the loop of the tongue tends to' beur the tongue'more iirmly -upon the strap. v Y

`In order to the clear-.understanding of' my inventioml will proceed to describe44 the sumejus4 illustrated in the accompanying drawings. i A is the frame, constructed frein sheet metal 'or other suitable materiel, formed with :n central slot, a, (see iig. 2,) and u-loop, d und d', upon either side. B, the tongueformed frouisheet met-el', orother -suitoble'mnterial, and provided with shouldered", 'und o loop, C, the frame of the seid loop corresponding tothe length of v thev slot'a in the plate, und so :is to be set freely therethrough, as seen in fig. 6, und tho? shoulders f to rest upon the foce ofthe plete A. The tongue B is curved, ns seen in iig. 5, so that the huri'of the loop will drop below theplote, as seenl in figs.. Send 6, and so thetthe' strop D may be seeurely'xed to the bnr 7L, as eeen in iig. 7., und when thefstrip is so attached thetongue cannot be removed from the freine, sind yet the tongue .be freely `'turned up, o'sfseenin iig. 8, or down, as in fig. 7. The strop D being ottuched es before described, the other ond of the strop (or another strap, as the'cnse miy be,) is insertedrupwnrd'through the slet d, as soenin g. 8 und over -the tongue, maybe passed through the slot d, which. serves :is u loop to hohl the end of the strep. The slot d is notessentiol. The struin upon thestrap draws the tonguehord down upon tire stx-np, es seen in iig. 9, and iirmlybindsenrl holds the strop in that position.h lo un'loose the strop, sixnplyilr'nw back the end, as seen ing. 8, und the tongue freely rises to ,permit the loosening of the strap. y 1 By this construction thobuckle'mey be formed entirely'by machinery, and at but two or three operations; is h'utivlittle thicrker when'lcompletnthan the .motelV itself from which' the freine is formed, ls extremely light, ond neet and tasteful in its nppenrnnee.- It will be observed thotthe tongue is not secured into the frei/ne, exceptby the stteehment of the strop to the loop oi' the tongue; yet, it' deemed expedientrthe tongue may be bent orveurved, or by un additional operation efterits insertion throughtbe pinto, to prevent. auch removal. This odds to the cost of uinnui'oct-ure, und is not essentiel to the trede o r to. th'e convenience ofthe user. A

UIIeving thus fully'deseribed'my invention, what I claim es new and useful, and desire te .secure by Letters Patent, is j l v 'The hereiAn-Clesrehed4 buckle, onsistiugoi' the plate or frouieA, and the looped tongue B, formed so as tohe insertdthru'gh Vthe plote,o.nd to operate substantially in the manner herein set forth.

HENRY C. GRICGS.

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W. -I. THOMAS, WM. B.. WILmAMs. Y' 

